Right edge
Volume
Press and slide for system volume, in exactly the same steps as the volume keys — with the real macOS indicator.
MacEdge
One trackpad. Four new controls. Press an edge of your Mac trackpad for volume, brightness and video scrubbing. The middle works exactly as before.
See it work
Your finger on the edge. The result on screen.
Press down until the trackpad clicks, then slide. Volume and brightness move in the same steps as your keyboard, and a video jumps when you let go.
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Seek preview — release to apply
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Brightness
Volume
Timeline
Mute
The four edges
Every edge gets a job.
A gesture only begins when your finger lands inside the strip and you physically click. Resting palms, typing and ordinary scrolling never count.
Left edge
Brightness
Brightness of the built-in display, with the familiar on-screen indicator you already know.
Top corners
Your shortcuts
Click a corner 1 to 4 times to mute, open an app or website, press a key combination or run a Shortcut.
Bottom edge
Media timeline
Press, slide sideways and let go to jump there. It starts from where the video already is, and works with music apps too.
Try it right here
Drag an edge. Watch what happens.
This is the real zone geometry — a 10% strip, the same default MacEdge ships with. Press inside an edge and slide, or click a top corner.
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Brightness
Volume
Timeline
Press inside an edge strip and drag.
Live readout
The same values MacEdge drives on your Mac — only here they are simulated.
Brightness
77%
Volume
62%
Timeline
18%
Waiting for a gesture…
Corners
Your corners. Your shortcuts.
Give each top corner of the trackpad a job. Click to open the app you live in, a website you check all day, a key combination, or anything from the Shortcuts app. A corner without an action stays a normal part of the trackpad.
Open an app
Claude, your code editor or your notes, one click away. Click again and it hides.
Open a link
A website in the browser you pick, a folder, a file or an app link.
Press a key combination
Take a screenshot, show Mission Control, lock the screen. Any shortcut you already use.
Run a Shortcut
Anything the Shortcuts app can do, from a Focus mode to a script, quietly in the background.
Tuned slide by slide
The small things are the whole point.
MacEdge was tuned until it stopped feeling like an add-on.
How it feels
- A tick under your fingerEvery step comes with a light haptic click from the Force Touch trackpad, so you can feel the level change without looking.
- The pointer stays putWhile you slide, the cursor freezes in place and comes back exactly where you left it.
- Fine controlHold Shift and Option while sliding for quarter steps, just like the keyboard.
- The real indicatorThe same volume and brightness display macOS shows for the keys. Nothing new to learn.
How it behaves
- Ignores your palmsResting hands, typing and clicks near the edge don't count. A gesture must start inside the edge.
- Private by designTouches never leave your Mac. The only network traffic is a license check and update checks.
- Light as airA native Swift app in the menu bar. No Dock icon, next to no CPU while you work.
- Make it yoursSwap sides, limit slides to the bottom quarter, require a modifier key, or set edge width and sensitivity.
Setup
Up and running in a minute.
A short welcome guide grants the one permission MacEdge needs, then lets you try each gesture on your own trackpad before you close it.
Buy once for $3
Checkout takes a card or UPI. Your license key lands in your inbox a minute later, and the install page opens straight away.
Paste one line in Terminal
Your private install page opens right after payment, with a one-line install command made for you. It puts MacEdge in Applications and opens it.
Grant Accessibility
MacEdge needs it to press the volume and brightness keys for you, and to keep stray clicks near the edge out of your apps. It never records what you type.
Activate this Mac
Paste your key once. It works on this Mac forever, and gestures stay locked until a key is entered.
Compatibility
Does it work on my Mac?
Apple siliconAny M-series Mac. Intel Macs are not supported.
macOS 14 Sonoma or laterIncluding Sequoia and Tahoe.
Force Touch or Magic TrackpadBuilt-in or external. With two connected, the one you touch is in charge.
Accessibility permissionGranted once in the welcome guide.
Measured in millimetresA slide feels the same on a bigger Magic Trackpad surface.
Brightness needs a built-in screenOn a Mac mini, Studio or closed MacBook that edge stays off. Everything else works.
Pricing
Pay once. Keep it.
No subscription and no account. Your license key arrives by email a minute after checkout, with free updates forever.
- All four edges and both corners, every action type
- Free updates forever — no upgrade fees
- Works offline; needs the internet once to activate
- Move it to a new Mac any time from Settings → About
- Touch data never leaves your machine
One-time purchase
$3USD, once
Lifetime license for MacEdge on your Mac.
Secure checkout by Dodo Payments
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Macs with Apple silicon on macOS 14 Sonoma or later: a MacBook with its built-in Force Touch trackpad, or any Mac with a Magic Trackpad.
Yes. The edges and corners work the same on a Magic Trackpad, whether it sits next to a MacBook or on the desk of a Mac mini, iMac or Mac Studio. Gestures are measured in millimetres, so a slide feels the same on the bigger surface, and with two trackpads connected, the one you touch is the one in charge.
Brightness needs the Mac's built-in screen, so on a Mac mini, a Mac Studio or a closed MacBook the brightness edge stays off. Volume, media and corners work everywhere.
No. Moving the pointer only previews an edge. A control gesture requires a physical click and drag starting inside the thin edge strip (10% of the width by default). Leaving that strip cancels it immediately. MacEdge ignores palms and multi-finger gestures.
Yes. In Settings → Gestures → Corners, give the top-left or top-right corner an action: open an app (click again to hide it), a web page in the browser you pick, a file or folder, press a keyboard shortcut, or run a shortcut from the Shortcuts app.
The top-left corner mutes until you change it, the welcome guide asks what the top-right one should do, and a corner without an action stays a normal part of the trackpad. The bottom corners are left to the media strip.
To press the volume and brightness keys and your corner shortcuts for you, and to keep stray clicks near the edge out of your apps. MacEdge doesn't record what you type, and nothing leaves your Mac.
Install and open MacEdge, then paste the license key from your purchase email. The welcome guide asks for it, and you can also find Enter License Key in the menu bar.
The app itself copies fine, but it won't run the gestures. A license key activates against the specific Mac it was entered on, and MacEdge checks that binding when it launches. On a second machine it falls back to a locked state and asks for a key of its own.
If you're replacing a Mac rather than adding one, deactivate the old machine in Settings → About and the seat frees up immediately.
Use the recover your key page and enter your license key or the payment ID from your receipt. Your key is also in your purchase email. To move to a new Mac, deactivate the old one in MacEdge (Settings → About).
Yes. It needs the internet once to activate. After that it checks the license when it can, and being offline never locks it.
Yes — reply to your purchase email within 14 days and you'll get the $3 back, no questions asked.
Ready to feel it?
Three dollars, once. Then the edges of your trackpad stop being empty space.